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I live in America and recently discovered some letters written by a seventeen year old girl from your area in Wales back in 1937-38. She and my late mother were pen pals, and corresponded frequently. The girl's name was Elvina, ...Read more

A memory of Trebanos in 1930 by Cathy Peterson

I was born in the bottom house in Marsh Lane, in 1931. I came from a family of six boys and four girls. My father, was called John, and my mother, Sarah. I went to Halton School. There was a sweet shop at the top of our ...Read more

A memory of Astmoor in 1930 by Cliff Palin

I was an apprentice plasterer for Joe Tredget, who llived in The Meads, Ongar Road, Brentwood. We did a lot of work, Prests Lane, and on The Mount. Remember Sity Busses, built its garages on the now Sainsbury's site?

A memory of Brentwood in 1930

My family were the last people to occupy Glebe Farm House, Glebe Ave, Ickenham. The area is now called Cloverlly Close. It was built in the 17th Century as a rectory. We lived there from 1933 to 1936, then moved up the ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham in 1930 by Eric Hazell

I was born in Grange Road but soon after my parents moved to West End Road, my grandmother lived at number 35. I attended Beaconsfield Road Infants School and my best friend there was Ronnie Cornwall who also lived in West ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1930 by Hugh Putt

I was born in Belaugh and have lovely childhood memories. As I recall, at the time there was only 2 girls, myself and Rosemary Basted - all the other kids were boys. We had lovely times on the farms and in the river which ran down ...Read more

A memory of Belaugh in 1930 by Dorothy Weston

In 1938 my mother walked this street with me and my brothers and sisters every week, to and from Cowgrove to visit my Grandmother, who lived in a row of cottages around the corner (coming from the Minster) which ...Read more

A memory of Wimborne Minster in 1930 by Edward Read

I'm hoping someone visiting this site might remember or have information on my father's family. Oliver Jeffries known as Jeff used to work on the railway goods yard in Hendon and he married Mary Bell in 1930. They ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1930

I actually lived in West Barsham and attended the primary School in East Barsham from September 1930 to July 1937. The walk to the village school took me past the Manor House, which always looked dark and forbidding, ...Read more

A memory of East Barsham in 1930 by Louis Norman Wells

I was born in 1937 in the black and white house opposite the top of North Road and on the corner of Elm Road and Greenway Road. Because it was a crosswords, there were often crashes occuring because cars came up Derby Road too ...Read more

A memory of Tranmere in 1930 by Joanna Mc Ilhatton